Busy night…

Last night we hosted The Hubs Toastmaster club’s annual auction. Under normal circumstances I (being horribly shy) would have indulged in a drink or two and mingled with everyone and chattered on like the lunatic that I am. But I am preggo and so…no drinky poo for me. So I drank my juice and sloshed around the crowd feeling oh so tired and frazzled by our 3 pups that were acting like an overstimulated toddler on a sugar high. The Hubs grilled up some yummy brats and chicken for everyone and we all enjoyed the delicious pot luck buffet before getting to the nitty gritty of the auction.

Thankfully nobody brought anything Star Wars related or The Hubs would have abused all of his auctioneer power…

Long overdue update…

It has been a while since my last post I know. Every time I sat down to try I was just to tired to think of anything so I kept telling myself “don’t worry about it just try again later” and later I forgot.

So what has been happening well. If you’re not reading my other blog you won’t know that The Hubs and I got to hear the heartbeat of our little baby. I am now 14 weeks and 2 or 3 days (depends who is counting)

Last week I officially withdrew from my class for the remainder of the quarter because it was taking to much of a physical toll on me. So all the paperwork was submitted and I am free to focus on The Hubs, the critters, the house and the job. Oh and of course me, my health and the baby!

This weekend we had all the in-law fam over to celebrate the birthdays of Linda and Morgan

There was lots of yummy food and catching up with everyone and what has been going on in their lives. We  all missed out-law Dan who stayed home cause he was sick. And my favorite part was showing everyone the baby’s crib! Which was how we had originally planned to break the news to everyone…but…well…The Hubs and I were too excited to keep it a secret this long.

We missed out on Miss Courtney’s 3rd birthday celebration this weekend and my cousin Hannah turned 10 this weekend too! Hugs and kisses to both of them!

And that is it for now…

Another chip in the ole windshield…

Just about 4 inches apart I have matching chips in my windshield…one is sealed and one is not. I can’t believe it. Its like the rocks in the road are aiming for my head. I wonder what I did to piss them off?

Anyway I am really looking forward to this quarter being over…I just need more time for things I spend most of my weekends doing homework and then two nights a week in class I feel like I am hardly ever at home. And we have so much to do.

The yard needs all kinds of work, I really want to paint the kitchen to coordinate with the new counter tops & back splash, I want new cabinet doors and drawer fronts, it would be really nice to rip out our awful 30 year old carpet and get new floors too…aaarrrggghhh… I wonder if this is all getting to me because of the impending bambino. Hmphf

One thing at a time…

A few more weeks…

Midterms are complete. I feel much better with that hurdle behind me. Even though I was feeling on the verge of dropping the class this quarter…I think I will stick it out. The 10 minute presentation is looming on the horizon and for the girl who is paralyzed by the thought of public speaking I am psyching myself up everyday.

I know that it won’t be as bad as I am making it out to be but I generally deal with it by not dealing with it and then suffer a major anxiety attack right beforehand when the reality of me speaking in front of people who will all be looking at me sets in. And then I want to vomit and cry and curl up in a ball in a corner somewhere and never come out. Doesn’t this happen to anyone else?

My friends who don’t suffer this fear I am jealous. And grateful for all the pep talks that you have had to give me in the past. I know you don’t understand.

But those of you that see our fear as weakness. When is the last time you were afraid of something and did it anyway? Every single time we get up there in front of people we are standing up for ourselves…we are not weak.

Don’t underestimate us…

Summer days are coming…

Even though Fall is my favorite time of year there is something special too about the Summer. It will forever bring back memories of childhood. Where for 3 months every year we were free.

I don’t know how my parents managed it…but it seems like we were always going camping or fishing or going to the lake…or something. And even though there was always bound to be bickering at some point… it was always fun. And I couldn’t imagine having grown up without that.

And now that The Hubs and I are going to be parents…I for one would like to make sure our little kidlin gets to do these things too…

Enough is enough…

I am so tired of the mass retardation that takes place on the roads whenever it rains here. Seriously. People of the greater Seattle area if you can’t drive in the rain. MOVE. I mean it rains like 80% of the time here figure it out. Don’t get me wrong I don’t expect everyone to drive fast or anything like that but a little rain is no reason to drive 40 on the freeway. If that is the speed you choose to go take the back roads where the speed limit is 35. I would just appreciate some common sense. Like…don’t tailgate…turn on your headlights so people can see you…don’t wait till the last second to slam on your brakes when you can see the cars in front of you are slowing down.

I vote for them to start adding requirements to the licensing process…if its true that kids now have to clock a certain number of hours of night driving…why not require a certain number of hours of driving in the rain and here’s an idea…

Maybe someone who knows how to drive in the rain should start teaching classes on it…

Monday morning…

Its so nice to wake up to such beautiful weather. Warm sunny summer days are near and I can’t wait. Even though I will be somewhat plump with baby this year. I already had to go out and buy some new shorts in honor of my expanding belly. Thank goodness for Old Navy making some shorts with elastic wastebands.

The Hubs and I got some much needed cleaning done this weekend and got to catch up with some friends. D & L came over for BBQ and Bre and Rog came over with the baby for a while. Ruckus was fascinated by the baby…a little to much perhaps…but at least she didn’t start flinging her paws around which is such a boxer thing to do.

We finally got around to watching Hurt Locker and last night we went out and saw Kick-Ass. Both movies were very good. Kick-Ass was not what I was expecting…having never read the graphic novel it is based off of I was expecting a comedy…it was more an action flick with some pretty decent gore thrown in.

So basically it was just your average weekend with a side of delicious steak grilled up by The Hubs…yum…

The cat is outta the bag…

AAhh The Hubs…he was so composed when I excitedly told him I was pregnant…well I guess a more accurate description would be he was sleeping. But still in his groggy state he says to me “but isn’t there a waiting period or something?”…not the first words I had expected to hear but he was sleeping. Well yeah I said most people don’t announce anything until after the first 12 weeks.

And immediately he was on lock down. He took it very seriously. He didn’t want to tell anyone. Not even our parents…well…that didn’t last long. I was not keeping the happy news from my parents and pretty soon he had changed his tune…at least a little. So first he told his parents…then some really close friends…then more and more I was coming home from work to him saying he’d told so and so…and on it went. Then last night after he told his entire Toastmaster group. He comes home and tells me he’s posting it to Facebook.

Well what could I do…I told him to go for it…

We are both extremely excited and nervous and scared out of our minds but we are looking forward to welcoming a little baby boy or girl into the world around Nov 20th!!

And let the record show that The Hubs will not be sharing any of his toys!! …

I am behind on my posts…

It has been an extremely chaotic week for me. So a few things have fallen to the wayside.

I was back to school on Monday night it was a long class…I wasn’t feeling well and couldn’t eat much and so I have been slowly recovering the past few days. I wound up staying home on Tuesday trying to get some food in me and I slept a lot that day.

Yesterday was touch and go I was still having trouble eating and was very tired because of it. Thankfully my fall back Dinty Moore Beef Stew was my savior…this is for whatever reason…is the food I tend to go for when I am not feeling good. I always get homesick and miss my Mom whenever I feel gross and that magical stew always reminds me of home…even though… I don’t think we ever ate it in our house?? My Mom always tried to feed me bread soaked in milk…ugh. Just the thought sends chills down my spine.

But when she wasn’t trying to feed me that she gave me peaches and Vernor’s…or Malt-o-meal with grandma’s maple syrup mixed in for flavor…Mmmm.

Today I am feeling much better though…thank you Dinty Moore.

And tomorrow is Friday…

I am behind on my posts…

It has been an extremely chaotic week for me. So a few things have fallen to the wayside.

I was back to school on Monday night it was a long class…I wasn’t feeling well and couldn’t eat much and so I have been slowly recovering the past few days. I wound up staying home on Tuesday trying to get some food in me and I slept a lot that day.

Yesterday was touch and go I was still having trouble eating and was very tired because of it. Thankfully my fall back Dinty Moore Beef Stew was my savior…this is for whatever reason…is the food I tend to go for when I am not feeling good. I always get homesick and miss my Mom whenever I feel gross and that magical stew always reminds me of home…even though… I don’t think we ever ate it in our house?? My Mom always tried to feed me bread soaked in milk…ugh. Just the thought sends chills down my spine.

But when she wasn’t trying to feed me that she gave me peaches and Vernor’s…or Malt-o-meal with grandma’s maple syrup mixed in for flavor…Mmmm.

Today I am feeling much better though…thank you Dinty Moore.

And tomorrow is Friday…